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What happened in history on this day: July 31?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1980 - Radio Shack introduces the TRS-80 Model III. It features a Zilog Z80 processor, and 4 kB RAM. Base price is US$699.
- 1980 - Radio Shack introduces the TRS-80 Color Computer. It uses the Motorola 6809E CPU, comes with 4 kB RAM, and sells for US$399.
- 1980 - Radio Shack introduces the TRS-80 Pocket Computer. It features a 24 character display, QWERTY keyboard, and 1.9 kB of programmable memory. Price is US$230.
- 1998 - Acclaim releases the Mortal Kombat 4 game for personal computers in the US.
- 2000 - Intel releases the 1.13 GHz Pentium III processor. It incorporates 44 million transistors in a 0.13-micron process. Code-name during development was Tualatin.
Video Game history:
- 1994 - The Interactive Digital Software Association announces a rating system for the violence, sex, and language content of video games.
- 1997 - Sega releases the Sonic Jam video game for the Sega Saturn in the US.
- 1998 - MCA/Universal Pictures releases the film BASEketball to theaters in the USA and Canada. A character says "You still hangin' out, playin' Nintendo?".
- 2006 - The Electronic Entertainment Expo show is effectively dead, due to major exhibitors and publishers pulling support.
- 2009 - Worldwide sales of the PlayStation 3 reaches 1 million units.
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